I am a business executive who has traveled the past 50 years and this is the worst experience I have had. Booked property for 7 nights. Taking professional course nearby. Single woman traveler. Smoke alarm battery going off plus other issues when arrived. Took owner who lives next door 5 hours to respond. Then said the reason he did not respond is because he knew there were issues. Highly agitated and yelling. Appeared intoxicated. Next day, left message to call me. Believe everyone can have a bad night. But no response. Returned to property first night after class to find things in cottage were not as I had left them. Texted owner to find out he was the one who entered. Texted he owned the property and he had a right to enter without notification and that we don't need to talk. Texted "we have done nothing but try to make things right for you." This from an owner who had done nothing. Note, smoke alarm was outside the front door. No need to enter to repair but it was still hanging from ceiling not repaired. Freaked me out especially given behavior previous night. No other options locally. Called police to ask rights. They were sympathetic but could not advise without rental agreement. Which I found out there isn't for this property. Put chair under door knob for rest of stay. Avoided contact. When I returned home I sent him a detailed account of my experience for his reply but still no response.

Knowing he may enter at any time and move things or worse I ended up putting my expensive equipment, jewelry and belongings in my car each morning and hauling them back in each night.

Sidebar. Property was dirty. Photos available. Spoke to owner prior to booking to inquire if the property was scent free. No toxic cleaning or laundry products due to my chemical sensitivity. He assured me the property is scent free. Couldn't have been farther from the truth.

When a man aggressively attacks a woman verbally when he knows she is traveling alone is definitely not concerned about her. Ignoring a tenants calls and texts when there truly is a problem and then telling them they didn’t respond because they knew there was a problem is unacceptable. Misrepresentation of rental property when the tenant had specific requests is wrong especially when someone's health is involved. Serious allegations for sure but this owners behavior ruined my stay and put undue pressure on an already stressful week while taking a course.